The best way to keep a past action alive is to redo it. - Thomas Geiger 31 Artistic initiatives from the past.
10. Oct Ella Ziegler UNTITLED (LINT) I remove the white lint from stranger’s clothing without comment. (Performed at Helmholzplatz, Berlin, 2009.)
9. Oct Harmen de Hoop RESTORING #1 I restore a pedestrian crossing with everyday household paint. (Performed in Den Haag, 2007.)
7. Oct San Keller SAN KELLER CARRIES YOU UP TO THE ART I carry the visitors of a museum upstairs to the exhibition space. (Performed at Kunsthaus Zürich, 2002.)
6. Oct David Sherry RUNNING FOR THE TRAM I spend the day at a tram stop waiting on, running for and missing trams.
5. Oct Adrien Tirtiaux DOG DAYS I wear shoes, socks and trousers of which the left part is colored in pink and walk the entire day in Charleroi or in a place which can be associated with this city.
4. Oct Mikko Kuorinki SET OF BLANK KEYS LEFT ON BLANKENSTRAAT I leave a set of blank keys on the street.
If you’re wandering through the streets of Brussels in October, it’s quite feasible that you’d witness an unusual scene. Thomas Geiger returns to 31 artistic initiatives from the past, which in his opinion is the best way to keep interventions alive. He’s not saying when or where he’ll appear 31 times …
Participating Artists: Iván Argote (CO), Fayçal Baghriche (FR/DZ), Brad Downey (US), Stijn van Dorpe (BE), Karsten Födinger (DE), Andrew Gannon (UK), Eric Hattan (CH), Harmen de Hoop (NL), Florence Jung (FR), San Keller (CH), Ben Kinmont (US), Mikko Kuorinki (FI), Paul Maheke (FR), Antoanette Marinov (IT), Michikazu Matsune (JP), Ana Navas (EC), Natalie Obert (DE), Tilsa Otta (PE), Rosalie Schweiker (CH), David Sherry (NIR), Pilvi Takala (FI), Adrien Tiritaux (BE), Yann Vanderme (FR), Jan Voss (DE), Hannes Zebedin (AT), Ella Ziegler (DE)
More information: http://www.minimalfestival.net
Geiger kicks off his Festival of Minimal Actions with a text performance I tried to see the top of my head in the Beursschouwburg.
